Gardeners have often thought about how to properly grow roses from cuttings. Indeed, who does not want to have their own roses in their personal plot or even in their apartment? Nevertheless, not all have achieved fruitful results in this matter. Growing roses from cuttings is a simple and effective way to reproduce flowers. In this article, you can find the necessary recommendations for cutting roses.
Cuttings of a rose are created from its stems. As a rule, the stem is divided into several parts (usually they take the middle of the stem or its top). In order to make a cutting, you need to remove the lower leaves. There must be kidneys on the handle, it is better to have more than three of them. The crown cut is made straight, while the bottom cut is diagonal. The stalk is cut approximately halfway between the two buds. The cut is made with a sharp object. There should be no torn, poorly cut edges, otherwise the flower will die. The top leaves are usually left and the rest are removed. If the cutting is rooted, the buds turn green. If not, they remain black. There are several ways to root rose cuttings. However, as a rule, none of the methods gives a 100% guarantee that the plants will take root. Usually the cutting has a length of about 20 cm, you can use cuttings of thirty centimeters.
This article provides tips for planting and rooting rose cuttings. Each advice is suitable for its own case, however, everyone chooses for himself what he likes. The seven most common ways to germinate and root rose cuttings are described below.
The best ways to root rose cuttings: how to properly propagate a rose by cuttings
Summer rose cuttings
To do this, you need to cut the cuttings at dawn or late at night. You should choose mature shoots: faded or preparing for flowering. It is easy to determine the maturity of the cutting - thorns should break off on the stem. Next, they take a sharp disinfected instrument and cut the stems of the rose into cuttings ranging in size from twelve to fifteen centimeters with oblique cuts. They must have 2-3 leaves and 2-3 buds, without flowers. In order for the cuttings to take root well, a solution of heteroauxin or root is used. There is also a folk method for preparing a solution for rooting. In order to make it, you need to take 0.5 teaspoon of honey in one glass of water, while mixing the resulting solution with juicy leaves.
Rose cuttings can be planted directly in the garden, after preparing the soil for them. For this, sand and soil rich in nutrients are mixed. The cuttings must be stuck into the ground at an angle of 45 degrees, fertilized with potassium permanganate, then water the seedlings with water and cover with a glass jar. After a while, the banks can be removed, but only for a short period. A month later, the cuttings of the rose will take root. The first shoots will appear on them, which by the end of summer will reach 30-40 cm.In the fall, it is best to keep roses in a pot in a cool place.
Planting rose cuttings in potatoes
For germinating rose cuttings, such an unusual method will also do. To do this, you need to take cuttings 20 cm long, having previously removed the thorns and leaves. Next, you should take young potatoes with removed eyes. In a well-lit area where there is usually no wind, a 15-centimeter deep trench is dug and covered with a 5-centimeter layer of sand. Cuttings stuck in potatoes are planted at a distance of 15 cm from each other. As in the previous method, the cuttings are covered with glass jars. Potatoes are a good choice for rose cuttings. He gives him the necessary moisture and supplies the necessary substances - carbohydrates and starch. All useful substances are contained in the potato, so there is no need to additionally fertilize the rose. These roses need regular watering. Once every 5 days, you need to fertilize the cuttings with "sugar water". To do this, dilute 2 teaspoons in one glass of water. After 2 weeks, you can gradually start removing the cans. After another couple of weeks, they are removed completely. This technique is simple and can be done even by novice gardeners.
Rooting cuttings in a bag
Rose cuttings can also be rooted in a bag. To do this, put sterile soil in a plastic bag and fertilize it with sphagnum (a type of moss). Sphagnum must be soaked in aloe juice in a ratio of 1: 9 (1 - juice, 9 - water). The bag with the cuttings placed in it is tied and hung out on the street. The moisture in the bag stimulates the rooting of rose cuttings. A month later, you can already see the roots.
Rooting roses from a bouquet
Sometimes you really don't want to part with a beautiful and pleasant gift, so the variety of roses you like can be rooted. An important point: only domestic roses can be taken for propagation. Foreign roses are treated with special substances before transportation, so these flowers can no longer give roots. Only fresh roses with woody stems are suitable for rooting. It is necessary to take the most developed part of the flower with large, viable buds. All leaves, buds, thorns and flowers must be removed from the cuttings. The stalk is cut to a length of fifteen to thirty centimeters, after which it is placed in a vase with settled water. The water must be changed until the roots grow on the cuttings. Then they are transplanted either into open ground, or into a pot or jar. The choice here is influenced by the current season.
What should be taken into account in such a method? First, do not pour too much water into the vase, otherwise the cuttings will die from rotting. Then there will be little oxygen at the bottom of the vase, and this is detrimental to the plants. Do not put too many cuttings in one vase, as they will be very cramped. For propagation, young shoots are usually taken, because the older the plant, the less chance it will take root. It is better to take cuttings from the side branches of the rose. There is also an opinion that it is worth choosing long shoots. Cuttings with leaves do not need to be kept in the dark, as the leaves need light.
Planting roses for the winter
Sometimes it becomes necessary to plant roses in the cold season. For example, when you really want to root a rare variety of flowers from a bouquet presented in autumn. This method will come in handy if you need to keep the roses alive until spring. In this case, a rose stalk is planted in open ground and a shelter is made on top so that the flower does not freeze. In the warm season, the rose is transplanted to a permanent place.
Method "Burito"
Rumor has it that this method allows cuttings to take root, but its effectiveness is still questioned. Nevertheless, this method is also suitable for those who like to experiment in their own garden! The stems are divided into cuttings, rubbed with the lower part with a means that stimulates root growth (root, epin, etc.), wrapped in damp newspaper and placed in a dark, cool place (15 to 18 degrees) for a couple of weeks. By the end of this period, the cuttings should take root.
Trannoy method
The main idea behind this method is to allow the stem of the rose to receive as much nutrition as possible from the leaves before pruning it. To do this, you need to cut off the stems at the end of the flowering period (June or July), cut off the top, wilted flowers and leaves and observe them. When the buds swell, the wood will ripen. It is necessary to plant the stems in the ground as soon as possible, until the leaves bloom from the buds. The stems are cut into cuttings and planted in a well-lit place at an angle of forty-five degrees, several plants in one hole. This is done with the hope that at least one of the seedlings will take root. From above, the cuttings are covered with scraps from five-liter plastic bottles, the narrow part of which is removed. Cuttings must be weeded and watered regularly to get oxygen to the roots.
This is how the main ways of rooting rose cuttings look. For many gardeners who like to plant ornamental plants and experiment with new varieties, these recommendations will be of great benefit.
At the end of September he cut the roses. For the sake of curiosity, I stuck ten cuttings in a large pot, and how do you think they all took root. what to do with them now. We live in the north of the Tomsk region.
Let it grow in pots for now)))
Elena, good afternoon!
I have such a problem with rose cuttings: I planted them in cups with soil in early September, poured water with diluted infusion of willow branches, closed them in sealed plastic bags, put them on the windowsill in the house. The buds blossomed in three weeks and sprouted. I took the cups out of the plastic bags and left them on the window. Watered with diluted willow infusion. The sprouts began to wither after two weeks and eventually dried up. The impression is that the buds have sprouted, but the roots have not. Have you encountered such a phenomenon?